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U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley was able to include the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act in a major budgetary package.

Negotiations continue over the coverage of an estimated 90,000 Missourians within the MU Health Care system.

After three months of funding freezes, Missouri again has access to federal Title X funding, which funds reproductive healthcare services.

Patient advocates said they could discriminate against those in vulnerable health.

The Missouri Family Health Council saw a spike in emergency contraception kits following election day. To keep up, volunteers gathered in Jefferson City to help build the kits.

Healthcare providers say they’re seeing a drastic increase in the number of emergency contraceptive kit requests by Missourians since the election.

Reported cases of the infectious disease have surpassed pre-pandemic levels in Missouri.

MU Health Care's Journeys team hosts the memorial for those who've experienced miscarriage, stillbirth or early infant loss.

Some say vaccines are a victim of their own success.

Missouri residents now will need proof of surgery or a court order to change their gender on driver's licenses. Missouri previously required approval from a doctor to update gender on state-issued identification. Several Republican state lawmakers had criticized the old process for updating gender on IDs. LGBTQ+ advocacy group PROMO says the new process is more difficult and that the change was made secretly.